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There are lots of us out there who feel that way. I’m one of them. I had dreams, plans, and ideas for what life should look like. For one, I thought I’d be married. I thought I’d have kids. I thought God would bring me the life I’d been waiting for because I knew He was good and I had tried to be obedient.

But that’s not what happened. Not at all.

So I found myself wrestling with God. Who is He if He doesn’t bring along the life, husband, and 2.5 kids I thought He was supposed to? And where should I go from there?

When I got brutally honest with myself and asked the hard question, “Why do I think the world has more to offer than God does?” the answer was stunning. That honesty led to the path God had for me, one that would write a story for my life that was even better than the one I had dreamed for myself.

There’s a God pursuing us in love, tapping our shoulders and telling us life will only find its rhythm when we chase Him back with everything we’ve got.

There’s a world walking the paths God has orchestrated, just waiting for someone to be fully engaged in His story — and share it with them.

It’s the story we see in Acts 17:16-28, the passage that’s the centerpiece of this30-day devotional. It’s the story that gives us the unshakable foundation to the chase of our lives, the one that leads us to Him.

We’ve been invited on the chase, and if we say yes, life will never be the same.